Scholarship Deferment (Hold)

Idaho State University will hold students' scholarships if a student's attendance at ISU is
interrupted for medical reasons, military deployment, church service, or other select reasons,
provided that a student meets certain criteria.

New Students...

Students who received a Scholarship Offer as they were fully admitted to ISU but NOT attending
ISU until a further date due to the reasons above. These students will need to complete the
“Admission Deferment Request Form” by August 1 of the year they were initially admitted. This
request form will act as their "Hold Form" for any scholarships (as long as funding is still
available for these programs upon their return). Important Note: Only "renewable" institutionally funded
scholarships can be held for eligible students. Grant funded; 1 semester (or year) awards can not be held due to the funding
allocations and the need to re-award. If awarded scholarships by outside agencies, students must contact these individuals separately.
To access the Form and further information
on the Admission Deferment Policy please visit:
http://www.isu.edu/future/defer.

Continuing Students...

Students who have attended 1 semester or greater at ISU with scholarships, are required
to complete a
"Scholarship Deferment
(Hold) Request Form” through the scholarship office. This request form will
act as their Deferment (Hold) Form for any scholarships (as long as funding is still available for these
programs upon their return). Important Note: Only "renewable" institutionally funded
scholarships can be held for eligible students. Grant funded; 1 semester (or year) awards can not be held due to the funding
allocations and the need to re-award. If awarded scholarships by outside agencies, students must contact these individuals separately.
Further information on requirements for “continuing ISU students is below.”

For continuing students' scholarship(s) to be placed on hold while they are away from ISU for a
specified period of time, we require that the student must attend at least one full-time semester
prior to their departure and meet the minimum criteria for continuation of their scholarship(s)
during the semester(s) they attend prior to leaving. Students should complete a Hold Request Form
and submit verification of reason for leaving (i.e. mission call letter, doctor's note, military
deployment notification, etc.). The documentation is used to verify the departure/return dates.
Our general policy is that scholarships can be held for up to two years (or four semesters),
depending on the documented departure/return dates. However, if a student's departure and return
are timed such that they must miss five semesters of school (leave in middle of a semester
and returning in middle of another semester),
we will hold the scholarship(s) for five semesters.